Germany WWI Brunswick Peninsula Medal 1809 1909 for the Centenary of the 17th Hussar Regiment "Totenkopf"

Imperial Germany - Brunswick:  Peninsula Medal 
1809 1909. 
Commemorative Medal for the Centenary (100th 
anniversary) of the Peninsula Campaign during 
the Napoleonic Wars (1809). 
The medal was instituted in 1909 to be awarded 
by Regent Johann Albrecht von Mecklenburg, to 
the descendants of the 2300 Officers & Soldiers 
of the 17th Hussar Regiment "Totenkopf" (Skull) 
of Brunswick who participated in the War of the 
Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain, 1807 - 
1814).
Obverse: The portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Duke 
of Brunswick (known as the Black Duke), the 
founder of the Regiment. 
Reverse: The "Totenkopf" (Skull)emblem of the 
Regiment.
The medal is rare.

FULL SIZE

1909 

Item 100% original - ribbon most likely original

Condition as on the photos

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